Morning Prayers

It's New Years and  Monique and I celebrated last night until 1:30am by unpacking and settling in.  We were jostled awake at 4:30am by loud music.  In my groggy state, I first thought it was the Auroville celebration we heard was going to happen at 5am.  Then, I realized it was Indian temple music, but still I thought, "Oh, they must do this specially on New Years."  Only slowly did the realization dawn on me that this was not going to be a unique event, but something we could look forward to every morning!  Happy New Year everyone!